Ontario to receive 21 new House of Commons seats

The Canadian Press reports Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty saying that he has come to an understanding with PM Stephen Harper to give the province more seats in the House of Commons.

In his end-of-year news conference Wednesday, McGuinty confirmed he and Harper had resolved their disagreement over seats in Parliament when they met in Ottawa last Friday.

"I spoke with him about that and I think we've fixed it," McGuinty said when asked if the seat issue had come up during their meeting.

There had been some ongoing confrontation on the matter, with the Conservative government initially only offering 10 new seats to the province, and arguying that it should be satisfied considering Ontario would only have received 4 new seats under the previous formula.

Announced last year, the seat attribution formula is being revised through proposed federal legislation, to reflect growing populations in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

Ontario would go from having 106 seats, to 127.